Shoe-heel



A. SANTACROCE.

SHOE HEEL. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26. 1920.

1,351,543. I Patented Aug. 31,1920.

3 SHEETS-SHEET l.

A. SANTACROCE.

SHOE HEEL. A'PPLICATION FILED FEB. 26. 1920.

1,351,548. Patented Aug 31, 1920.,

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

A. SANTACROCE.

SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26. 1920.

PatentedAug. 31,1920.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3p gmmvf h A GOS'IINO SANTACROCE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Specification of Lette'rs'latent.

Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

Application filed February 26, 1920. Serial No.- 861,605.

To all wit 0m it may concern Be it known that I, Aeos'rmo SANTAGROOE,

a subject of the Government of Ital residing at Cleveland, in the county of uyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Heels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to heels for shoes and'has for its object to provide a-novel heel construction of the cushion type, particularly adapted for use on ladies shoes where high heels are in vogue.

The invention embodies the idea of making a heel of molded rubber, reinforced by a cage of light metal. In one form the metal reinforcement is made of stamped sheet metal. In another form it is made of a casting. I a p In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the heel cage attached to the shoe; Fig. 2 is a rear elevationof Fig.

1; Figfi3 is a vertical section of the complete heel; ig. 4 is a plan of a sheet metal blank from which the heel is made; Fig. 5 is a plan of the top or attaching plate of the cage; Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are details in section on the line 66 77,.and 88 of F ig.-5; Fig. 9 is a detail of a sectional'core in the heel;

Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are side, rear and front' elevations of the cast heel cage; Fig. 13 is a section of the complete heel with the cast cage.

As shown in Fig. 4 the cage comprises a plate 1 which is shaped in plan to correspond to the contour of the heel, and said plate is provided with slots 2, a central opening 3 and a circular aperture 4., Said plate is further provided with extension members 5, 6 and 7, which, when bent at substantiall right angles thereto form the sides and bac of the heel, these extensions are then shaped to provide the desired form. The extension 7 is provided at one end with a substant ally square portion which when bent over at right angles forms the bottom 8 of the cage and slots 9 are provided for a purpose tobe hereinafter described. The-extension 6 is further provided with lateral fingers 10 which are bent to enter slots 11 and 12 in the extensions 7 and thereby lock the three extensions together at the bottom. It will be noted that the extensions 5 and 6 are further. provided with portions,

13 and 14 which are also bent in a manner with slots 15 for and these extensions are further provided a purpose to be hereinafter described.

The tubular core 20 is adapted to form a vertical support for the hel and is secured 1n place by being passed through the opening 4 in the top thereof. The bottom of saidtube is provided with tongues 21 which pass through the openings 9 and 15 in the parts 8, 13 and 141 after which said tongues are benti'n a manner to effectively lock said parts together.

The foregoing assembly is then in condition to be secured to theshoe proper and this is accomplished by providlng a plate 25, illustrated in Fig. 5, which is provided with projections 26, 30 and 31, the projections 26 being bent downwardly, and the projections'30 upwardly and at right angles to said plate after which said plate is secured to the shoe by hammering the projections 30therethrough and clenching the ends as at 32 and is additionally secured by nails passing through the apertures. 27. ,The cage assembly is then secured to the passing the projection 31 through the slot plate 25 by i 34;, and the projections 26 throu h the slots 7 2 aforementloned', it is then furt er secured by nails 35 passing through the shoe pro er.

The shoe with the cage assembly is t en placed in the proper mold andrubber. 50

poured in sufiicient quantities to'fill the same,

. provided with a plurality, of apertures 38 to allow the rubber to enter therein and serve as keys to prevent any movement between the rubber and said cage. i

The whole provides. a structure of sufiicient resiliency to cushion the shocks of walking, but of suflicient stiflness to prevent collapse. The metal parts will yield somewhat, and as shown in Fig. 3, the rubber is preferablyextended below the bottom of the cage, as shown at 51, to provide a cushion at the bottom of the heel.

In the form shown in Figs. 10 to 13 the cage 60 consists of a castmgor skeleton form with large'openin between the ribs or connected parts thereog to allow the molded rubber to be placed therein. the core may be omitted as junnecessary, since In this form the casting provides sufficient stiffness for the intended purpose. The top of the casting as shown best in Fig. 12 is provided with slots 2 corresponding to the slots 2 above described, permitting the use of an attaching plate similar to that shown in Fig. 5, with the ton ue 26 being passed through said slots to asten the castings to the plate which is nailed to the shoe in the same manner as above described.

I claim:

1. A heel comprising a hollow skeleton cage with a top plate, an attaching plate adapted to be secured to the shoe, and attached to said top plate, and a filling of rubber in said cage and projecting below the bottom thereof.

2. A heel comprising a hollow skeleton cage with a slotted top plate, a separate attaching plate adapted to be fastened to the shoe and having tongues engaged in said at the bottom of the cage, a rubber filling in the cage, and means to attach the top of the cage to a shoe.

5. .A heel formed of a sheet metal blank having a top plate and side and rear extensions bent to form a hollow cage, one of said extensions having arms interlocked with the other extensions, and the lower ends of said extensions being fastened together at the bottom of the heel, a rubber filling in the cage, and means to fasten the cage to the shoe.

6. A heel comprising a hollow sheet metal skeleton cage having top and bottom plates, a tubular core extending between said plates, a rubber filling in the cage, and means to attach the cage to a shoe.

7. A heel comprising a hollow sheet metal cage having top and bottom plates, the top plate having an opening and the bottom plate having slots, a-tubular core the upper end of whichfits in said opening and the lower end of which has tongues engaged in said slots, a rubber'filling in the cage, and means to fasten the top plate to a shoe.

In testimony whereof, I do aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Tmzononn BIBISEE, JOHN A. BOMMHARDT. 

